The decision has been made to discharge your ventilator-dependent patient home. You are developing a teaching plan for this patient and his family. What would be important for you to include in this teaching plan? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Running a backup generator
B) Assessment of vital signs
C) Turning and coughing
D) Signs of pulmonary infection
Ans: B, D
Feedback: The nurse teaches the patient and family about the ventilator, suctioning, tracheostomy care, signs of pulmonary infection, cuff inflation and deflation, and assessment of vital signs. Running a backup generator and turning and coughing are not subjects that would be included in a teaching plan for this patient.
You might also like to view...
During a skin assessment, the nurse notices that a Mexican-American patient has skin that is yellowish-brown; however, the skin on the hard and soft palate is pink and the patient's scleras are not yellow. From this finding, the nurse could probably rule
out: a. Pallor b. Jaundice c. Cyanosis d. Iron deficiency
Patients who are prescribed olanzapine (Zyprexa) should be monitored for:
1. Insomnia 2. Weight gain 3. Hypertension 4. Galactorrhea
The building blocks of DNA include:
1. Sugar, phosphate, and four nucleotide bases. 2. Adenosine, cytosine, glucosamine, and thymine. 3. Purine sugars and pyrimidine phosphate. 4. Chromosomes with mRNA proteins.
Which of the following statements comparing childhood cancer with adult cancer is true?
a. There is no difference in childhood cancer and adult cancer. b. Childhood cancers usually arise from primitive embryonic tissue and adult malignancies are of epithelial origin. c. Routine screens catch childhood cancers more often than adult cancers. d. Exposure to carcinogens is related in a stronger way to childhood cancers than to adult cancers.